think with portals

verb

To think in an inventive or lateral way.

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Meanings

verbthink with portals (third-person singular simple present thinks with portals, present participle thinking with portals, simple past and past participle thought with portals)

present singular third person thinks with portals · participle present thinking with portals · participle past thought with portals · past thought with portals

  1. typically in the gerundTo think in an inventive or lateral way.

Origin

From a tagline for the 2007 puzzle video game Portal, "Now you're thinking with portals."

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think with portals. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/think%20with%20portals

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“think with portals.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/think%20with%20portals. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “think with portals,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/think%20with%20portals.

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